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Pakistan | Family List | Papilionaceae | Astragalus

Astragalus minuto-foliolatus Wendelbo in Nytt. Mag.Bot. 1:43. 1952. Ali in Biologia 7:52. 1961.

Perennial herb, caespitose, c. 8-12 cm tall. Stipules triangular, c. 6 mm long, margins ciliate, c. 8-11 cm long, imparipinnately compound. Leaflets 45-51, c. 1.5-2 mm long, suborbicular, emarginate, pilose. Inflorescence a peduncled raceme. Pedicel c. 5 mm long; bracts c. 3 mm long, linear, pilose, hairs black and white. Calyx c. 14-18 mm long, teeth c. 2-3 mm long. Corolla yellow. Vexillum c. 26 mm long. c. 11 mm broad; wing c. 23 mm long; carina c. 20 mm long. Style and ovary glabrous. Fruit c. 20 mm long, glabrous.

Fl.Per.: March July.

Holotype: A-6 Chitral, Barum Gol, camp 2 by south Barum Glacier, c. 4500 m, 3.7.1952, Wendelbo (0-not seen); Isotypes (K;RAW;BM).

Distribution: Pakistan (N.W.F. Province).


 

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